--- title: In what manner did the boy respond to the king's offer of adoption? — Fairy Tales (pg2435), The Boy Who Coul… · tree and pragmatics description: In what manner did the boy respond to the king's offer of adoption? Exam question 2 of lesson 670 «Fairy Tales (pg2435), The Boy Who Could Keep A Secret: the king adopts the boy, and the sword slides home» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the q --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/670-pg2435-part10/e2/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Fairy Tales (pg2435), The Boy Who Coul…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/670-pg2435-part10/) / e2 # Exam question 2 · Fairy Tales (pg2435), The Boy Who Could Keep A Secret: the… In what manner did the boy respond to the king's offer of adoption? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** king · **What happens:** do, offer · **To what, where:** boy respond, manner, adoption This is exam question 2 of lesson 670 «Fairy Tales (pg2435), The Boy Who Could Keep A Secret: the king adopts the boy, and the sword slides home» of the books course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: [the test at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/670-pg2435-part10/#e2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:670-pg2435-part10:e2:1 # text = In what manner did the boy respond to the king's offer of adoption? 1 In in ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 what what DET WDT PronType=Int 3 det _ _ 3 manner manner NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 4 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 respond respond NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 8 to to ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 11 's 's PART POS _ 10 case _ _ 12 offer offer NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 adoption adoption NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | | the boy respond | | what manner | | to the king's offer of adoption | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent respond=Eventuality | | 2 | **offer** | | the king | adoption | | | | | nom offer «communication transitive»: poss=agent of=patient | One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} He refused ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:670-pg2435-part10:e2:o1:1 # text = He refused 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 refused refuse VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **refuse** | past | He | | | | | | vn reject-77.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} He agreed, if his mum said yes ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:670-pg2435-part10:e2:o2:1 # text = He agreed, if his mum said yes 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 agreed agree VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 4 if if SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 5 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 mum mum NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 8 yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 7 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **agree** *speech: agree* | past | He | | | | | | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* *a condition, not said to happen* | past | his mum | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent yes=Topic | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3} He accepted when mother allowed it ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:670-pg2435-part10:e2:o3:1 # text = He accepted when mother allowed it 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 accepted accept VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 5 advmod _ _ 4 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 allowed allow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 ccomp _ _ 6 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **accept** | past | He | | | | | | vn accept-77.1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 2 | **allow** | past | mother | it | | | | | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Beneficiary | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} He consented, provided his mother agreed ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:670-pg2435-part10:e2:o4:1 # text = He consented, provided his mother agreed 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 consented consent VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 4 provided provide VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 5 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 agreed agree VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 ccomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **consent** | past | He | | | | | | vn acquiesce-95.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **provide** | past | He *not said here* | | | | | | vn ensure-99 «NP V that S»: agent=Precondition clause=Theme | | 3 | **agree** *speech: agree* | past | his mother | | | | | | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | **Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. 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